Beijing Olympics 2008 news, information and results

Azerbaijan

Shirvani Muradov from Russia has won the gold medal in men’s 96kg freestyle wrestling.
Taimuraz Tigiyev from Kazakhstan has won the silver medal. Khetag Gazyumov from Azerbaijan and George Gogshelidze from Georgia won bronze medals.

Tuvshinbayar Naidan from Mongolia has won the men’s 100kg judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, beating Askhat Zhitkeyev from Kazakhstan.
This is Mongolia’s first ever gold medal at an Olympic games.
Bronze medals went to Movlud Miraliyev from Azerbaijan and Henk Grol from the Netherlands.

Islam-BekaAlbiev from Russia has won a gold medal in the 60kg greco-roman wrestling this afternoon.
Vitaliy Rahimov from Azerbaijan won the silver. Nurbakyt Tengizbayev from Kazakhstan and Ruslan Tiumenbaev from Kyrgyzstan both won bronze medals.